From the Sky

Ahh...revenge of the stomach. Not terrible, but not the best. Half the problem was the stomach and the other half was that I couldn´t keep anything in my stomach, and therefore really couldn´t eat for two days. This did not go over well with me (I know that some of you are probably feeling sorry for whoever was around me!), but more just to the point of I was lacking all energy. I was feeling sorry for myself because Banos is city about halfway down the Andes towards the Amazon with tons of outdoor activities (well not THAT sorry), but enough to rationalize a trip to go hanggliding, which I have really always wanted to do. I figured it was perfect...I only needed to run about 5 steps off the hill, and then just sit there. I didn´t have my own but was with the guy from the shop.

Absolutely wicked. We drove about 50 minutes west (up) to get to this viewpoint. From the air I could see all the farmers working in the fields, in front of me was one of the volcanos with ash pouring out of its crater, kids herding their animals along the road, and the patchwork that makes up the countryside...not to mention an increase in the density of trees to the east and once again the fog and clouds over the moutains. I don´t know how it didn´t manage to block the volcano, but it didn´t. And I think I even managed to appreciate the fog...for those of you have heard me complain about it in SF (probably anybody that knows me) , you can imagine how high on life I was feeling!